I wish they would announce the dates/cities for the whole tour already. I know that it's starting later, but the wait for this information has been annoying to say the least. I love the cast listing, but I am surprised about no mention of Tanith & Ben. I hope they'll be back, at least for some shows.

Needless to say, I'm thrilled that there are more opportunities to see Ilia skate live! His few outings this past year have been the highest quality work and it's great that he has more chances to share that.

Which begs the question of what's the point? Are they still doing a tour in Japan in January?

No wonder Evan and B/A either declined or were passed up in favor of less expensive replacements - with only 10 stops, presumably there's not a lot of money available to pay top stars. And given the high fixed costs of running a tour like this, you have to wonder how they're going to make a profit at all with that few shows.

Perhaps they won't do a tour in 2013 and will just do one post-Olys.

Well, I won't be going. The closest stop to me is Hershey, and I'm not going to shell out nearly $90 for a ticket to drive 2 hours and not see half the skaters that I would have wanted to see.

Wow, wasn't so long ago that they did what, 30-40 shows a season? And the big tv specials around Christmas time?

I remember the days when FSUers would go to rehearsals in Lake Placid and report in, and then so many of us would be on the edge of our seats waiting for the reviews of the first show in November. Then, even though it was the same cast, people would post reviews from many of the tour stops as well.

I believe this is it - at the end of the list they show the "teaser" for the Canadian tour.

Making a day-trip to the first show in late November in Lake Placid has been quite do-able from Ottawa for many years; making the same trip for a show at the end of December is less appealing. Especially buying tickets in advance and gambling on the weather...

Looking at the SOI website, Smucker's is no longer the title sponsor of the tour. That's probably why there are only 10 cities on the schedule this year--without a title sponsor, they can't afford any more than that.

Looking at the SOI website, Smucker's is no longer the title sponsor of the tour. That's probably why there are only 10 cities on the schedule this year--without a title sponsor, they can't afford any more than that.

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Probably why no Tanith/Ben or Evan, too?? How sad... I hope they amp the show up by showtime!